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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bradley M Harrington, Carrollton, TX (US);
Hal Kurkowski, Dallas, TX (US);
James P Cusey, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dallas Semiconductor Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257679 ; 239492 ; 257730 ; 257732 ;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a circuit positioned in a housing, which circuit includes an input/output module having a parasitic power sub-module. The circuit further includes a scratchpad memory, coupled to the input/output module; a programmable memory, coupled to the scratchpad memory; and a control module, coupled to the input/output module, the scratchpad memory and the programmable memory. In certain variations, the input/output module further includes at least one of a one-wire bus and a three-wire bus in addition to a bus arbitrator.